1 The perl source distribution is available from
2 http://www.cpan.org/src/index.html
4 For the easiest build of perl under Cygwin, do the following:
7 *(a) README.cygwin from the perl source distribution
8 *(b) read build-instructions.charles-wilson
9 (b) read build-instructions.sebastien-barre
10 (c) read build-instructions.steven-morlock
11 (d) read build-instructions.steven-morlock2
12 (e) read build-instructions.teun-burgers
14 (2) prepare the source
15 (a) unpack perl source distribution in /usr/local/src
16 (b) copy perl5.005_03.patch into /usr/local/src/perl5.005_03/
17 (c) cd /usr/local/src/perl5.005_03
19 (e) patch -p1 < perl5.005_03.patch
21 (3) get ready to build
23 (b) cp gcc2 /usr/local/bin
24 (c) cp ld2 /usr/local/bin
25 (d) cp hints/cygwin32.sh config.sh
27 (automatically does a make depend)
34 To customize, look around in the patchfile or ignore the patch and follow the build-instructions.* directly. If you want to edit the paths in the patchfile to reflect your system, search for "/usr/" within the patchfile.